US Patent 10516296 Current sense apparatus and method

A device comprises a positive current sense apparatus having two inputs connected to a drain and a source of a power switch respectively, the positive current sense apparatus comprising a first amplifier, a first sense switch and a second sense switch, a negative current sense apparatus having two inputs connected to the drain and the source of the power switch respectively, the negative current sense apparatus comprising a second amplifier, a third sense switch and a fourth sense switch and a current sense processing apparatus connected to the positive current sense apparatus and the negative current sense apparatus respectively.